They told me a lot about their country and were very curious about mine. We talked a lot and when I came back home, I could speak English __________________! FLUENT

Have you heard of a Tadeus Bodnar? He is a __________________ Hungarian hairdresser. FAME

Not long ago he stopped using the __________________ scissors and comb. Now his instruments are axes, irons and vacuum cleaners. TRADITION

Now he is very __________________ and happy because with his innovative techniques he can express himself better. SUCCESS

He cuts hair in his shop in Budapest by chopping it with an axe. Then he styles the hair using a vacuum cleaner, or straightens it with an iron. It’s difficult to believe but the …

Every day there’s an __________________ line of people streaming to his shop. END

They wish to change their __________________ and have a thrilling, new experience. APPEAR

Learning languages is important nowadays. It is interesting and __________________. USE

Language skills help people to travel, study, and establish __________________ links with colleagues from other countries. PROFESSION

Some people say that learning languages is easy but others strongly __________________. AGREE

They say that learning languages takes a lot of time and they are not happy with their progress anyway. Meanwhile, there are some strategies that can make you a successful languag…

The first idea is watching films in the original. If the films are __________________, learning is just fun, not hard work. INTEREST

Online and live __________________ with people in the language you are learning also helps a lot. COMMUNICATE

Not everyone likes street art. __________________ nobody asks owners’ permission before drawing graffiti on their houses. USUAL

Sometimes the drawings may be __________________ and nice but sometimes messy and ugly. INTEREST

What is graffiti – a form of art or vandalism? It depends on the drawing, I think. A friend of mine, John, is a street __________________. ART

He says that street art is a form of __________________. COMMUNICATE

A person can tell you nice or rude things, can’t he? As for John, he is a really nice and __________________ person. CREATE

He enjoys drawing __________________ characters from animated films. When my neighbours saw his drawings, they asked him to paint some pictures on the wall of their house. Just to…

Last year my friend Mia and I went on holiday to Thailand. We stayed in a __________________ resort which is popular with tourists. FAME

We were very __________________ with the weather and we spent most of our days on the beach. LUCK

The ocean was __________________ – the water was clear and warm. WONDER

Thailand is a former French colony and that’s why French is very popular there. Mia was delighted with this fact because she learns French, she wants to be a __________________ of…

It was an __________________ trip for me too. I am a photographer and I took lots of pictures of people and nature. FORGETTABLE

Several magazines found my photos __________________ enough to publish. I feel very proud of that. INTEREST

Recently my neighbour Michael Wilkins got a job in sales. However, soon he found out that being a sales __________________ did not make him happy. MANAGE

He had to work long hours, and the job was __________________ and demanding. STRESS

The atmosphere in the office was very __________________ and the workers often quarreled with each other. FRIENDLY

So Michael decided to look for a more __________________ job. ATTRACT

In the local newspaper, he saw an __________________ from a pizzeria. It was close to his house and they needed a waiter. Michael decided to apply and didn’t regret it. ADVERTISE

“It’s good to feed people. I enjoy seeing them smile – it’s important, isn’t it?” Michael says. Next week he’s going to take a cooking course. On completing it, he will be able to…

Last year I learnt Spanish in Barcelona. Spain is an __________________ country and I enjoyed my time there very much. AMAZE

My flatmates were two girls from Germany. They were nice but __________________ was a real problem for us because I didn’t speak German and they didn’t speak English, my first lan…

Sometimes we felt absolutely __________________ because we were not able to understand each other. However, it gave us additional motivation to learn Spanish! HELP

Very soon my teacher told me that I was speaking it __________________. He was happy with my progress. FLUENT

My flatmates’ grades were __________________ too! IMPRESS

It proved that practice is very important and if you want to speak a foreign language like a native __________________, you should practise it a lot. SPEAK

Ray Kurzweil is a very popular figure in the field of science. He is a leading computer __________________ who has made lots of predictions about the future of humanity. SCIENCE

So far he has written six books about artificial intelligence, and four of them have become __________________ best sellers in the USA. NATION

Ray strongly believes that soon computer intelligence will be a billion times more __________________ than the human brain. POWER

However, lots of experts don’t believe it and say that it is absolutely __________________. POSSIBLE

Kurzweil disagrees with them and says that we are already a human - machine civilization. We already use high level technology to diagnose diseases, provide __________________, an…

Kurzweil thinks that by 2030, computers will do more __________________ tasks. They will be able to understand ordinary spoken language and show emotions. IMPRESS

People spend hours talking on their mobile phones. There is an opinion that it may be __________________ to their health, but it is difficult to know for sure. HARM

Some research shows that mobile phones may cause brain problems. On the other hand, some doctors say mobiles are not __________________ at all. DANGER

No matter what doctors say, it’s just __________________ to live without a mobile phone today. POSSIBLE

It has become a very __________________ device and people can’t do without it. USE

It makes our life __________________ and saves time. COMFORT

People can get in touch with each other quickly. Mobile phones make __________________ easier. COMMUNICATE

I unexpectedly met my old friend Natalie at a metro station in Paris. I recognised her at once though we hadn’t seen each other for ten years. Now she works as a _________________…